Clear resin pouring from a bucket onto a black walnut slab

Process

From slab to glass.

Shop work, slabs, pouring, progress, finishing, installing. The same steps he shares, piece after piece.

Picking a live edge slab from the rack in the shop

Slabs

Start with the wood

Every piece is designed around a real slab: its live edge, its cracks, its knots. Sometimes the slabs are the client’s own, carried from a family home.

Clear resin pouring over black walnut in a mold

Pouring epoxy

Pour the resin

Clear, flat black, glowing blue, or a wedding bouquet set right into it. The resin fills the river and wraps the live edge.

Working on a round walnut and resin top in the shop

Progress

Flatten it true

Once the resin cures, the whole top is flattened true before it moves on to finishing.

The round top after sanding, walnut pale and resin frosted — Sanded

The same top finished, deep walnut and glassy black resin — Finished

Finishing

Sand to haze, finish to glass

Sanded, a resin top looks frosted and the walnut looks pale. Then the finish goes on, and the color and depth come back all at once.

A finished waterfall table installed in a home kitchen

Installing

Delivered, installed, or shipped

Bars and island tops go in on site. Tables ship, so where you live is not a problem.

“I can’t believe I get the privilege to call this my job.”

Blue Starling WoodWorking, on building a custom bar

Made by a 21 year old maker in Minnesota.

Blue Starling is one young woodworker, a busy shop and a lot of resin. He designs each piece with the client, builds the bases (metal legs he fabricates himself, or bases carved from white oak) and finishes every top in the shop.

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